Species Information
Night-Blooming Cereus - Peniocereus greggii var. greggii
Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants
Species Extent (New Mexico)
General Description
Status
Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database
Number of Subpopulations: 75
Number of Mapped Locations: 756
Number of Observations: 812
Observation date range: 06-09-1905 to 11-29-2023
External Links
NatureServe Explorer
New Mexico Rare Plants Website
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
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- GYPSOGENUS RINGSTEM
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- MARBLE CANYON ROCKCRESS
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- ORCUTT'S PINCUSHION CACTUS
- ORGAN EVENING-PRIMROSE
- ORGAN MOUNTAIN INDIAN-PAINTBRUSH
- Pecos Gambusia
- PINOS ALTOS FLAMEFLOWER
- SAND PRICKLY-PEAR
- SCHEER'S PINCUSHION CACTUS
- VILLARD'S PINCUSHION CACTUS
- WRIGHT FISHHOOK CACTUS
- WSMR SBE
- Aliciella formosa
- Packera quaerens
- Perityle cernua
- Perityle staurophylla var. homoflora
- Perityle staurophylla var. staurophylla
- AZTEC GILIA
- FUGATE'S AMSONIA
- GILA GROUNDSEL
- GRIFFITH'S SALTBUSH
- GYPSUM SCALEBROOM
- GYPSUM TOWNSEND'S ASTER
- NEW MEXICO ROCK DAISY
- NODDING ROCKDAISY
- ORGAN EVENING-PRIMROSE
- SAN ANDRES ROCK DAISY
- SMOOTH FIGWORT
- SPELLENBERG GROUNDSEL
- Toumeya papyracantha
- Zephyranthes longifolia
- Sclerocactus uncinatus
- Talinum longipes
- Tidestromia suffruticosa
- Perityla staurophylla var. homoflora
- Pseudocymopterus longiradiatus
- Salvia davidsonii
- Hedeoma pulcherrima
- Neolloydia intertexta
- Oenothera organensis
- Cyprinodon tularosa
- Epithelantha micromeris
- Eustoma exaltatum
- Sabinoso
- Astragalus castetteri
- Cereus greggii
- WSMR SBE
- Aletes filifolius
- Arabis fendleri
- Perityle staurophylla var. staurophylla
- BROAD-FRUIT COMBSEED
- CASTETTER MILKVETCH
- CAT-CLAW CACTUS
- COPPER ZEPHYR LILY
- DAVIDSON SAGE
- FENDLER ROCK-CRESS
- NEW MEXICO ROCK DAISY
- NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS
- ORGAN EVENING-PRIMROSE
- PINK FLOWER FLAMEFLOWER
- SHRUBBY HONEY-SWEET
- TALL PRAIRIE-GENTIAN
- TRANS PECOS FALSE CARROT
- Toumeya papyracantha
- Oenothera organensis
- Perityla staurophylla var. homoflora
- plants
- Cereus greggii
- Eustoma exaltatum
- natural communities
- Perityle staurophylla var. staurophylla
- Sclerocactus intertextus
- CASTETTER MILKVETCH
- NEW MEXICO ROCK DAISY
- NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS
- ORGAN EVENING-PRIMROSE
- PINK FLOWER FLAMEFLOWER
- TALL PRAIRIE-GENTIAN
- Talinum longipes
- Toumeya papyracantha
- Silene plankii
- Tadarida brasiliensis
- Polygala rimulicola var. mescalerorum
- Pseudocymopterus longiradiatus
- Penstemon alamosensis
- Perityla staurophylla var. homoflora
- Phrynosoma cornutum
- Oenothera organensis
- Lanius ludovicianus
- Hedeoma pulcherrima
- HEDEOMA TODSENII
- Hymenoxys vaseyi
- Falco femoralis septentrionalis
- Falco peregrinus anatum
- Escobaria sandbergii
- Eustoma exaltatum
- Cereus greggii
- Cynomys ludovicianus
- Ibervillea tripartita
- Cooke's Range
- Astragalus castetteri
- Apacheria chiricahuensis
- Perityle staurophylla var. homoflora
- CASTETTER MILKVETCH
- MESCALERO MILKWORT
- NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS
- ORGAN EVENING-PRIMROSE
- PINK FLOWER FLAMEFLOWER
- SAN ANDRES ROCK DAISY
- TALL PRAIRIE-GENTIAN
- Toumeya papyracantha
- Pseudocymopterus longiradiatus
- Silene plankii
- Talinum longipes
- Penstemon alamosensis
- Perityla staurophylla var. homoflora
- Polygala rimulicola var. mescalerorum
- Oenothera organensis
- PANICUM MOHAVENSE-1M
- Hedeoma pulcherrima
- HEDEOMA TODSENII
- Hymenoxys vaseyi
- Epithelantha micromeris
- Escobaria sandbergii
- Eustoma exaltatum
- Cereus greggii
- Sharp-tailed Grouse
- Silver City
- Astragalus castetteri
- Agastache cana
- Apacheria chiricahuensis
- Arabis fendleri
- Perityle staurophylla var. homoflora
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- CAT-CLAW CACTUS
- CORY'S JOINT-FIR
- DAVIDSON SAGE
- FENDLER ROCK-CRESS
- MESCALERO MILKWORT
- MOHAVE GRASS
- MOSQUITO PLANT
- NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS
- PINK FLOWER FLAMEFLOWER
- PLANK'S CATCHFLY
- SAN ANDRES ROCK DAISY
- TALL PRAIRIE-GENTIAN
- Toumeya papyracantha
- Perityla staurophylla var. homoflora
- Sclerocactus uncinatus
- Talinum longipes
- Eustoma exaltatum
- Neolloydia intertexta
- Oenothera organensis
- Cereus greggii
- Cyprinodon tularosa
- Epithelantha micromeris
- WSMR SBE
- Perityle staurophylla var. staurophylla
- CAT-CLAW CACTUS
- NEW MEXICO ROCK DAISY
- NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS
- ORGAN EVENING-PRIMROSE
- TALL PRAIRIE-GENTIAN
- Phrynosoma cornutum
- Plegadis chihi
- Speotyto cunicularia
- Numenius americanus
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- Myotis volans
- Neolloydia intertexta
- cryptogramic soil
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- Mammillaria wrightii
- Athene cunicularia
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- Mammillaria wrightii
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- Coryphantha scheeri var. valida
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- Escobaria organensis
- Astragalus castetteri
- Cereus greggii
- Chrysothamnus spathulatus
- WSMR SBE
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- BUTTON-CACTUS
- CASTETTER MILKVETCH
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- WRIGHT FISHHOOK CACTUS
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- ORGAN EVENING-PRIMROSE
- PLANK'S CATCHFLY
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